1707 in architecture

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The year 1707 in architecture involved some significant events and new architectural works.

Events

Johann Dientzenhofer takes over building work on Banz Abbey, following the death of his brother Leonhard Dientzenhofer.^[1]

Buildings and structures

Buildings

In Istanbul, the Yeni Valide Mosque is begun (completed in 1710).
The first Petrine Baroque building in Moscow, the Menshikov Tower (church), designed by Ivan Zarudny, is structurally complete.
The Kollegienkirche, Salzburg, designed by Johann Bernhard Fischer von Erlach, is dedicated.
In Paris, France, the Hôtel de Vendôme, designed for the Carthusians by Jean-Baptiste Alexandre Le Blond, is completed.^[2]
In Beijing, construction of the Old Summer Palace (圆明园, Yuánmíngyuán, "Gardens of Perfect Brightness") begins.

Births

February 1 – Francesco Ottavio Magnocavalli, Italian architect (died 1789)^[3]
unknown dates
- Giuseppe Bonici, Maltese architect and military engineer (died 1779)
- Johann George Schmidt, German baroque architect working in Dresden (died 1774)^[4]

Deaths

November 26 – Leonhard Dientzenhofer, German builder and architect (born 1660)^[5]

References

^ "Dientzenhofer Family". A Dictionary of Architecture and Landscape Architecture, 2nd ed. (James Stevens Curl, ed.) OUP, 2006. ISBN 9780198606789
^ "Mines ParisTech L'hôtel de Vendôme". Paris Promeneurs. Retrieved 6 September 2024.
^ Magnocavalli, Francesco Ottavio entry (in Italian) by Gian Paolo Romagnani in the Enciclopedia Treccani
^ Stefan Hertzig: Johann George Schmiedt. In: Das Dresdner Bürgerhaus des Spätbarock 1738–1790 (in German). Dresden: Gesellschaft Historischer Neumarkt Dresden e. V. 2007. pp. 229–234. ISBN 3-9807739-4-9.
^ Ulrich Thieme, ed. (1913), "Dientzenhofer, Johann Leonhard", Allgemeines Lexikon der bildenden Künstler von der Antike bis zur Gegenwart (in German), vol. 9, Leipzig: E. A. Seemann

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[1] "Dientzenhofer Family". A Dictionary of Architecture and Landscape Architecture, 2nd ed. (James Stevens Curl, ed.) OUP, 2006. ISBN 9780198606789

[2] "Mines ParisTech L'hôtel de Vendôme". Paris Promeneurs. Retrieved 6 September 2024.

[3] Magnocavalli, Francesco Ottavio entry (in Italian) by Gian Paolo Romagnani in the Enciclopedia Treccani

[4] Stefan Hertzig: Johann George Schmiedt. In: Das Dresdner Bürgerhaus des Spätbarock 1738–1790 (in German). Dresden: Gesellschaft Historischer Neumarkt Dresden e. V. 2007. pp. 229–234. ISBN 3-9807739-4-9.

[5] Ulrich Thieme, ed. (1913), "Dientzenhofer, Johann Leonhard", Allgemeines Lexikon der bildenden Künstler von der Antike bis zur Gegenwart (in German), vol. 9, Leipzig: E. A. Seemann

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